Look up: Task

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   Task
   One component of a R & D project, which may be differentiated from others by the distinct characteristics of its technical results, costs or scheduling.
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   Task
   (1) A sequence of instructions treated as a basic unit of work. [IEEE-STD-610] (2) A well-defined unit of work in the software process that provides management with a visible checkpoint into the status of the project. Tasks have readiness criteria (preconditions) and completion criteria (postconditions). (See activity for contrast.) [SEI/CMU-93-TR-25]
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   task
   [v] - assign a task to
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   TASK
   The technical name for a program that is running. These tasks are being co-ordinated to make them believe they are the only program that is running.
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   Task
   is the smallest indivisible part of an activity when it is broken down to a level best understood and performed by a specific person.
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   task
   assigned to the Permanent Representatives Category: The European Communities • in a multiprogramming or multiprocessing environment,one or more sequences of instructions treated by a control program on an element of work to be accomplished by a computer Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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   Task
   Task (tȧsk) noun [ Middle English taske , Old French tasque , French tâche , for tasche , Late Latin tasca , taxa , from Latin taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax , noun & v. ] 1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. « Ma ...
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   Task
   Task transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tasked ; present participle & verbal noun Tasking .] 1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. « There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.» Dryden. 2. To oppress with severe or excessive burden ...
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   task
   chore noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; `estimates of the city`s loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars`; `the job of repairing the engine took several hours`; `the endless task of classifying the samples`; `the farmer`s morning chores`
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    Task
    In common language, a `task` is part of a set of actions which accomplish a job, problem or assignment.
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    Task
    • (v.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor. • (v.) Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. • (v. t.) To charge; to tax; as with a fault. • (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. • (v. t.) To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or d...
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    task
    
    1. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
    2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
    
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    task
    set of actions performed by either man or machine for the accomplishment of a functional goal
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